With deer breeding season underway and the end of Daylight Saving Time approaching tonight, Georgia wildlife officials are urging motorists to be especially careful on the roads.
Georgia anglers will have additional trout fishing opportunities beginning Sunday, November 1, as the state’s annual delayed harvest trout season gets underway.
Nearly $2 million will be invested in preserving more than 300 acres of historic Civil War battlefield land in Gordon and Whitfield counties through a new Georgia preservation program.
Georgia high school juniors and seniors interested in careers involving wildlife, conservation and the outdoors have an opportunity to explore those fields through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ 2027 Career Academy.
With firearms deer season underway in Georgia, wildlife officials are reminding hunters that all harvested deer must be reported through the state’s Georgia Game Check system.
Georgia’s firearms deer hunting season opened yesterday, Saturday, October 17, bringing thousands of hunters into the woods across Chattooga County and the rest of the state.
A state fish hatchery in Chattooga County is playing an important role in bringing back a species of fish that disappeared from Northwest Georgia’s rivers more than half a century ago.
Georgia deer hunters will have another opportunity to head into the woods beginning Saturday as the state’s week-long primitive weapons deer hunting season gets underway.
Chattooga County was among the stronger deer harvest areas in Northwest Georgia during the 2025–2026 hunting season, according to a new statewide map showing the number of deer reported harvested per square mile.
Recent black bear activity in northeast Alabama, combined with bear sightings across Northwest Georgia, is providing a timely reminder for residents to take precautions around their homes and while spending time outdoors.